1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD On Being a Bachelor The " men who do things," the most talked-of bachelors, form brilliant coteries in different parts of the world. The Lambs' Club in New York, the Bo- hemian Club in San Francisco, bravely pulling itself together after its great disaster, the Savage Club in London, the St. Botolph Club in Boston — all show in a glance over their membership rolls the names of men who not only do things, but do them well. Renowned famous composers, maestros, millionaires, au- thors and all-round good fellows gather to applaud the work of their fellow members and are eager to en- joy the spirit of Bohemian brotherhood. Many bachelors, after an early life of uncertainty, find themselves past the threshold of success, but through money and character they may attain a place in society. Many have slaved over ledgers and bent over the ticker, who have had no time in the bustle and worry of their business life and struggle for success to gather the odd bits of miscellaneous knowledge of etiquette, arts and letters, epicurism, habiliment, and so on, that are required of a successful bachelor. *' Be- ing a bachelor " becomes a business, even as keeping a set of books or making investments. Any bit of knowl- edge that will add to his accomplishments is as good a business investment as a bond or mining certificate. The latter may be taken away, but his knowledge, once gained, is always his " to have and to hold." Even as *' a little knowledge is a dangerous thing," artists,

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